It's not "build around Bradley and Sully." It's build around Rondo, Bradley, and Sully. There's a fairly significant difference there.

It's like saying the Cavs are building around Dion Waiters and Tristan Thompson.

AND GREEN. But yeah you're spot on there. Actually a starting 5 of Rondo, Bradley, Green, Sully and _____ looks like a 4-5 seed to me. If you plug in a capable center and give a solid bench that team probably looks a lot like the Pacers do now talent-wise. They are 20-14 and hold the 4th seed in the East.

Patrick Gilroy, co-host of "The NBA on NBA Boston Radio Program," joined the Bawstin Diehards on AM 1510 NBC Sports Radio Boston on Monday morning to clarify his report from Sunday evening regarding the Boston Celtics' pursuit of Sacramento Kings' star center DeMarcus Cousins.

Said Gilroy: "The story is this -- there is no secret that, despite the fact that the Celtics have won two in a row and Avery Bradley has had an instant impact defensively, that Danny Ainge is looking to make a deal. When he gets an itchy trigger finger, watch out -- this is what he does. Over the last two, three, four days, he's reached out to a handful of teams. His number one choice is not DeMarcus Cousins, his number one choice is Anderson Varejao, and Cleveland is not ready to part with him -- they think he's a big part of what they want to do in Cleveland. They think they've got a bright young future, and he's more likely to stay. DeMarcus Cousins, on the other hand, despite what you hear coming out of Sacramento, is miserable there. He's a head case, he's got issues and he's unhappy. The Maloof's are looking to rid themselves of the team, the potential problems, and he is very much out there and available for the right price.

"So we had Chris Mannix on the show on Saturday and he said that the Celtics were interested, but he didn't think that they had enough to sort of lure him here. That being said, [Sunday] night, A. Sherrod Blakely [of Comcast SportsNet New England] comes out with a report, Steve Bulpett [of the Boston Herald] comes out with a report saying Danny Ainge is looking at DeMarcus Cousins potentially again after they released a couple of their players. I went out and I called some of my sources and my sources confirmed exactly the same thing -- the only new piece of information was that Danny would 'potentially pull the trigger as soon as right away if he were willing to change his mind and give up Avery Bradley in a potential deal for DeMarcus Cousins.' Danny is trying to sell the league on Courtney Lee, and the league is not buying what Danny is selling. So Avery Bradley is the sticking point in the Celtics potentially acquiring a talent like DeMarcus Cousins, and there my friends is the story."

Listen to Gilroy's entire interview with the Bawstin Diehards on Monday on 1510 NBC Sports Radio Boston by clicking on this link. Gilroy co-hosts "The NBA on NBC Boston Radio Program" with Jeff Hickman on 1510 NBC Sports Radio Boston on Saturday's from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET.

Patrick Gilroy, co-host of "The NBA on NBA Boston Radio Program," joined the Bawstin Diehards on AM 1510 NBC Sports Radio Boston on Monday morning to clarify his report from Sunday evening regarding the Boston Celtics' pursuit of Sacramento Kings' star center DeMarcus Cousins.

Said Gilroy: "The story is this -- there is no secret that, despite the fact that the Celtics have won two in a row and Avery Bradley has had an instant impact defensively, that Danny Ainge is looking to make a deal. When he gets an itchy trigger finger, watch out -- this is what he does. Over the last two, three, four days, he's reached out to a handful of teams. His number one choice is not DeMarcus Cousins, his number one choice is Anderson Varejao, and Cleveland is not ready to part with him -- they think he's a big part of what they want to do in Cleveland. They think they've got a bright young future, and he's more likely to stay. DeMarcus Cousins, on the other hand, despite what you hear coming out of Sacramento, is miserable there. He's a head case, he's got issues and he's unhappy. The Maloof's are looking to rid themselves of the team, the potential problems, and he is very much out there and available for the right price.

"So we had Chris Mannix on the show on Saturday and he said that the Celtics were interested, but he didn't think that they had enough to sort of lure him here. That being said, [Sunday] night, A. Sherrod Blakely [of Comcast SportsNet New England] comes out with a report, Steve Bulpett [of the Boston Herald] comes out with a report saying Danny Ainge is looking at DeMarcus Cousins potentially again after they released a couple of their players. I went out and I called some of my sources and my sources confirmed exactly the same thing -- the only new piece of information was that Danny would 'potentially pull the trigger as soon as right away if he were willing to change his mind and give up Avery Bradley in a potential deal for DeMarcus Cousins.' Danny is trying to sell the league on Courtney Lee, and the league is not buying what Danny is selling. So Avery Bradley is the sticking point in the Celtics potentially acquiring a talent like DeMarcus Cousins, and there my friends is the story."

Listen to Gilroy's entire interview with the Bawstin Diehards on Monday on 1510 NBC Sports Radio Boston by clicking on this link. Gilroy co-hosts "The NBA on NBC Boston Radio Program" with Jeff Hickman on 1510 NBC Sports Radio Boston on Saturday's from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET.

That block of text explained nothing. Jeez I wish people shut up unless there is real news to report.

That "block" of text explained exactly why it was reported by NBA on NBC Boston's twitter account. Whether it is credible or not is a different story.

I wish people would shut up and not comment just to throw in a worthless comment.

I'm speaking of the greater context as well as that article. It was already explained that everybody was running off hearsay and speculation. Also I don't comment just to comment. Somebody shouldn't get worked up over what has really turned out to be nothing.

That block of text explained nothing. Jeez I wish people shut up unless there is real news to report.

That "block" of text explained exactly why it was reported by NBA on NBC Boston's twitter account. Whether it is credible or not is a different story.

I wish people would shut up and not comment just to throw in a worthless comment.

Did he also explain why he was including Jeff Green in the trade rumors last night, when he can't be traded for another week plus?

Hey, don't kill the messenger. To be honest, everyone starts out as being untenable until they break a few stories that turn out to be true. I guess I could careless if the information he is giving is logical or not. The purpose of me sharing this is to shed some light as to why the report came out in the first place.